>Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 16:01:18 +0100
>From: "Jones, Julie" <Julie.Jones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Great Northern Beans
>I've got to ask - what on earth are Great Northern >Beans?! I've never
heard
>of them here in the UK, and neither have my veggie >friends! Does anyone
>know what the UK name for them is? Or even the >species name - that would
be
>a start!
>Many thanks
>Jools
Jools, great northern beans are a white bean. in the US we sometime call
them Navy beans or White Beans. (They are not limas.) HTH Pam